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DALAI LAMA |
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August 05, 2017:
According to a 1959 document released by
Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, the Chinese leader Mao
Zedong had said that the Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru should be "crushed"
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DHYAN CHAND |
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August 05, 1936 - India won its
first match against Hungary 4-0. India won the rest of
the group matches against USA (7-0, with Chand scoring 2
goals) and Japan (9-0, with Chand scoring 4). |
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INDO-PAK WAR of 1965 |
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August 05, 1965: About
30,000 Pakistani soldiers crossed the Line of Control
dressed as Kashmiri locals headed for various areas within
Kashmir. |
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LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI |
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August 05, 1965: Although
border skirmishes had started ever since April, 1965, about
30,000 Pakistani soldiers crossed the Line of Control
dressed as Kashmiri locals headed for various areas within
Kashmir. That perhaps was enough to say that the real
Indo-Pak war of 1965 had started on this day, though India
took a long time to take it as a war. |
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LEILA SETH |
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August 05, 1991 - On this day, she
became the first lady to become the Chief Justice of
an Indian High Court, when she became the Chief
Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh.
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MARGARET Nazareth
ALVA |
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August 05, 2014: Retired as the Governor of
Gujarat as well as Rajasthan. |
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M. VENKAIAH NAIDU |
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August 05, 2017: On this day, he was
elected as Vice President of India, fetching 516 votes; he defeated
Gopalkrishna Gandhi who mustered only 244 votes. |
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NEIL ARMSTRONG |
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August 05 - Birth Anniversary |
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NITISH KUMAR |
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August 05, 1999: He retired as the Minister
of Railways, Govt. of India and stepped down as the Minister of Surface
Transport, Govt of India. |
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RAVINDRA JADEJA |
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August 05, 2017:
He surpassed Anil Kumble and Kapil Dev to
become the second fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets in Test cricket.
He, who achieved the feat in his 32nd Test match, became the fastest
left-arm spinner in the world to achieve the feat, ahead of Sri Lanka's
Rangana Herath and former Indian captain Bishan Singh Bedi. |
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S.H. KAPADIA |
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August 05, 2003: He became the Chief
Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. |
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TERRORISM-INDIA-J&K |
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Aug-05, 2015 - Paki Terrorist, Lashkar-e-Taiba
operative Mohammad Naved a.k.a. Usmaan, was captured alive
on this day after an attack on a Border Security Force convoy
in Udhampur area in Jammu division. |
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YAKUB MEMON |
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August 05, 1994 - The Indian Central Bureau of
Investigation claims that Memon was arrested at New Delhi railway
station on this day. Memon was arrested with a briefcase which contained
a recording of a conversation he had in Karachi. However, Memon claimed
that he surrendered to police in Nepal on the 28 July 1994. |
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